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Dramatic Irony: What It Is and How to Use It

While dramatic irony entails a contrast between what an audience knows and what characters know, verbal irony is a contrast between words and their meaning, and situational irony is a contrast between ...
Den Of Geek

Arrow vs. The Flash: Dramatic Irony in Superhero TV

It’s no secret that Arrow, coming off of a strong sophomore season, didn’t exactly live up to its potential in season 3. Meanwhile, rookie drama The Flash continued to improve throughout its inaugural ...
TES

An Inspector Calls - Dramatic Irony

This resource explains how and why J.B. Priestley uses dramatic irony in An Inspector Calls. Designed for GCSE pupils, it is made up of a 23-slide editable PowerPoint presentation and 2 accompanying ...
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Of Irony: Especially in Drama

Your institution does not have access to this book on JSTOR. Try searching on JSTOR for other items related to this book. The Meanings and History of IRONY I The ...
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Uses of irony: Learning from Soyinka’s latest example

Like simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole, irony is a very useful figure of speech. Writers and other creative workers regularly make use of it, including comedians. It can, however, also ...